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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference – November 18 – 22, 2019</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">(Proposal Deadline: April 19)</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Accessing Higher Ground 2019, the official conference of ATHEN, is now accepting proposals for its 22<sup>nd</sup><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>Annual
Conference in<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>Westminster, Colorado.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span>There
are only 9 days left to submit a proposal for the first round.*</span></span></p>
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<span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">AHG</span><span> </span><span>focuses on:</span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>accessible
media</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>Universal
Design</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>best
practices for web & media development</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>accessible
curriculum</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>alternate
format</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>teaching
about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>evidence-based
research</span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">·<span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span>other
topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Use the<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:blue;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank">online
speaker proposal form</a></span></span><span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">to
submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:blue;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-information/" target="_blank">AHG
website</a></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">.</span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">View<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:blue;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2018/#cs_2018-11-15" target="_blank">last
year’s sessions</a></span></span><span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">to
get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics.</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:
none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><span> </span></span>Howard<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>Kramer<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>at<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>303-492-8672<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>or
at the<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>email<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;
padding:0in"><span> </span></span>below.</span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">e-mail: ahg@ahead.org</span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Conference URL:<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><span> </span></span></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:blue;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">*If needed, a second round RFP will be announced shortly after the April 19 deadline. Note: first round proposals are given priority and there is no guaranty
that there will be a second round opportunity.</span></p>
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